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Giovani Tinoco of Honduras tests
a ditching tool during a visit to Tillers.
Blacksmithing
is rewarding. It empowers you with the ability to forge many of the
tools you will need around a farm or in a wood shop.
Tillers' farm, animals, and exciting programs give young
people a more self-reliant perspective on the world, which can provide a counterpoint
to the dependencies they see in higher technologies.
It's not as easy as it looks: a 4-H youth tries his hand at directing a young team at the County Fair.
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Sharing our Rural Heritage with the World
for a more Peaceful Earth
Teaching skills that use low-cost tools is key to
Tillers' approach to development. There are about 400 million draft
animals still at work on farms. One of Tillers' goals is to offer
incremental improvements in skills and technologies that will increase
efficiencies and sustainabilities for both farmers and draft animals.
We see our function as providing practical options for immediate
consideration and implementation by farm communities. We work to
give detailed descriptions and demonstrations of technical options
so local extensionists and farmers can judge their appropriateness
to local circumstances.
Tillers has been working with draft animal powered
farming and rural development for over 20 years. We have a wealth
of practical experience in a wide array of traditional and adapted
tools and practices that can enhance the productivity of small farms.
Links:
MESA
Heifer International: www.heifer.org
Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa: www.atnesa.org
Red Latinoamericana de Tracción Animal: www.relata.org.ni
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Laying out drip irrigaton tape in
Matagalpa Nicaragua.
Tillers was created to help international farmers develop
their production and communities. Each of the classes offered will
enhance your skills for international
rural development.
Take a look at our special events calendar.
This team of four oxen helps with the plowing.
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